The lone gunman

Afolabi Adesanya 1959 (Kano)



The lone gunman
A fusillade
Many dead
Anguished mourning
Sorrowful burials
The lone gunman
Tragedy of a nation
Grief of the world
 - Afolabi Adesanya
(C) 2021 Afolabi Adesanya
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Submitted by Afolabi on April 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbcdeAafgg
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 167
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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